═══════════╤══════╤═══════╤══════╤═══════╤══════╤══════╤════════ │First.│Second.│Third.│Fourth.│Fifth.│Sixth.│Seventh. ───────────┼──────┼───────┼──────┼───────┼──────┼──────┼──────── Blaine │ 285 │ 296 │ 293 │ 292 │ 286 │ 308 │ 351 Morton │ 125 │ 120 │ 113 │ 108 │ 95 │ 85 │ ―― Bristow │ 113 │ 114 │ 121 │ 126 │ 114 │ 111 │ 21 Conkling │ 99 │ 93 │ 90 │ 84 │ 82 │ 81 │ ―― Hayes │ 61 │ 64 │ 67 │ 68 │ 104 │ 113 │ 384 Hartranft │ 58 │ 63 │ 68 │ 71 │ 69 │ 50 │ ―― Jewell │ 11 │ ―― │ ―― │ ―― │ ―― │ ―― │ ―― Scattering │ 3 │ 4 │ 3 │ 5 │ 5 │ 5 │ ―― ═══════════╧══════╧═══════╧══════╧═══════╧══════╧══════╧════════ William A. Wheeler, of New York, was nominated for Vice-President without a formal ballot, as soon after the balloting began the several other candidates were withdrawn, and he was nominated by acclamation. The following platform was unanimously adopted: When, in the economy of Providence, this land was to be purged of human slavery, and when the strength of government of the people, by the people, and for the people, was to be demonstrated, the Republican party came into power. Its deeds have passed into history, and we look back to them with pride. Incited by their memories to high aims for the good of our country and mankind, and looking to the future with unfaltering courage, hope, and purpose, we, the representatives of the party in national convention assembled, make the following declaration of principles: 1. The United States of America is a nation, not a league. By the combined workings of the national and State governments, under their respective Constitutions, the rights of every citizen are secured, at home and abroad, and the common welfare promoted. 2. The Republican party has preserved these governments to the hundredth anniversary of the nation’s birth, and they are now embodiments of the great truths spoken at its cradle, “That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that for the attainment of these ends governments have been instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.” Until these truths are cheerfully obeyed, or, if need be, vigorously enforced, the work of the Republican party is unfinished.